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By Nichole Westin, ASSET When people line up for hours to score the best deal on a television the size of a small car, after spending hours cross-referencing online sites, social media, and old fashioned newspaper inserts, one has to step back and wonder just how it became so complicated. Or how the economy came [...]

BI-PARTISAN TAX RELIEF FOR FAMILY BUSINESSES INTRODUCED IN CONGRESS The ASSET Coalition Works to Reform the Estate Tax Payment Method and Save Jobs WASHINGTON DC – September 18, 2015 – The ASSET Coalition is pleased to announce that Congressman Andy Harris (R-MD) has introduced bi-partisan legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives that will [...]

by: Jordan Silverman — ASSET WASHINGTON, D.C. – On March 25, the House Committee on Ways and Means conducted a markup session on eight bills, including the “Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015” (H.R. 1105) that was introduced by Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX). The central focus on this markup session in particular was the estate [...]

In the 1993 movie “Ground Hog Day” actor Bill Murray plays a weatherman doomed to keep repeating the same day over and over again: ground hog day. The President’s recommendation on the estate tax is like Ground Hog Day all over again. He wants to go back to 2009: 45% rate with a 3.5 million [...]